The Chick Corea Elektric Band (album)
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The Chick Corea Elektric Band is an album by jazz
keyboard
player Chick Corea
, released in 1986. It is the eponymous debut album of the Chick Corea Elektric Band
, which at that time also featured drummer Dave Weckl
, bass player John Patitucci
and guitarists Scott Henderson
and Carlos Rios.
The album features a heavy use of FM synthesis, MIDI and drum programming, expanding on Corea's previous work in later lineups of Return to Forever and reflecting the technology of the time when it was conceived and recorded.
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
keyboard
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
player Chick Corea
Chick Corea
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer.Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' band in the 1960s, he participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever...
, released in 1986. It is the eponymous debut album of the Chick Corea Elektric Band
Chick Corea Elektric Band
Chick Corea Elektric Band is a jazz fusion band, led by pianist Chick Corea. Following the demise of Return to Forever, Corea established the musical ensemble in 1986. Following a long hiatus, the band reunited to produce "To the Stars" in 2004....
, which at that time also featured drummer Dave Weckl
Dave Weckl
Dave Weckl is a highly acclaimed jazz fusion drummer. Weckl attended Francis Howell High School in St. Charles, MO and graduated in 1978. He majored in jazz studies at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut...
, bass player John Patitucci
John Patitucci
John Patitucci is an American Grammy-winning jazz double bass and jazz fusion electric bass player.-Biography:Patitucci is of Italian descent and was born in Brooklyn, New York, where he began playing the electric bass at age ten, composing and performing at age 12, as well as the acoustic bass at...
and guitarists Scott Henderson
Scott Henderson
Scott Henderson is a fusion and blues guitarist best known for his work with the band Tribal Tech.-Early days:Born in West Palm Beach, Florida, Henderson began playing guitar at an early age...
and Carlos Rios.
The album features a heavy use of FM synthesis, MIDI and drum programming, expanding on Corea's previous work in later lineups of Return to Forever and reflecting the technology of the time when it was conceived and recorded.
Track listing
All songs by Chick Corea except where noted otherwise.- "City Gate" – 0:54
- "Rumble" – 4:04
- "Side Walk" (Chick Corea/Dave Weckl/John Patitucci) – 3:48
- "Cool Weasel Boogie" – 6:43
- "Got a Match?" – 5:38
- "Elektric City" – 4:07
- "No Zone" – 5:29
- "King Cockroach" – 6:56
- "India Town" – 5:06
- "All Love" – 5:45
- "Silver Temple" – 8:32
Personnel
- Chick CoreaChick CoreaArmando Anthony "Chick" Corea is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer.Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' band in the 1960s, he participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever...
- synthesizer programming; Yamaha KX-88 MIDI keyboard/Yamaha TX816 rack-mount synthesizer units on 'City Gate', 'Rumble', 'Side Walk', 'Elektric City', 'No Zone', 'King Cockroach', 'India Town' & 'Silver Temple'; Fender Rhodes electric piano MIDI-ed to Yamaha TX816 rack-mount synthesizer units on 'City Gate', 'Cool Weasel Boogie', 'Elektric City', 'No Zone', 'King Cockroach', 'All Love' & 'Silver Temple'; SynclavierSynclavierThe Synclavier System was an early digital synthesizer, polyphonic digital sampling system, and music workstation, manufactured by New England Digital Corporation, Norwich, VT. The original design and development of the Synclavier prototype occurred at Dartmouth College with the collaboration of...
on 'Rumble', 'Side Walk', 'Cool Weasel Boogie' & 'No Zone', Fairlight CMIFairlight CMIThe Fairlight CMI is a digital sampling synthesizer. It was designed in 1979 by the founders of Fairlight, Peter Vogel and Kim Ryrie, and based on a dual-6800 microprocessor computer designed by Tony Furse in Sydney, Australia...
on 'Rumble', 'Side Walk' & 'No Zone'; Yamaha KX-5 keytarKeytarA keytar is a relatively lightweight keyboard that is supported by a strap around the neck and shoulders, similar to the way a guitar is supported by a strap. Keytars allow players a greater range of movement compared to conventional keyboards, which are placed on stands...
synthesizer controller/Yamaha TX816 rack-mount synthesizer units on 'Got a Match?'; Mini Moog synthesizer on 'Elektric City'; Yamaha GS-1 synthesizer on 'No Zone'; Yamaha DX-7 synthesizer/Yamaha TX816 rack-mount synthesizer unitson 'King Cockroach' & 'India Town'; Linn 9000 drum sequencer on 'Rumble', 'Side Walk', 'Cool Weasel Boogie', 'Elektric City' & 'No Zone'; gong on 'King Cockroach' & 'India Town' - John PatitucciJohn PatitucciJohn Patitucci is an American Grammy-winning jazz double bass and jazz fusion electric bass player.-Biography:Patitucci is of Italian descent and was born in Brooklyn, New York, where he began playing the electric bass at age ten, composing and performing at age 12, as well as the acoustic bass at...
- Smith/Jackson six-string bass guitar on 'City Gate', 'Got a Match?', 'King Cockroach', 'India Town' & 'Silver Temple', Fender Jazz four-string bass guitarFender Jazz BassThe Jazz Bass was the second model of electric bass created by Leo Fender. The bass is distinct from the Precision Bass in that its tone is brighter and richer in the midrange and treble with less emphasis on the fundamental harmonic...
on 'Elektric City' & 'King Cockroach', Pollman acoustic/double bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
on 'Cool Weasel Boogie', 'No Zone' & 'All Love' - Dave WecklDave WecklDave Weckl is a highly acclaimed jazz fusion drummer. Weckl attended Francis Howell High School in St. Charles, MO and graduated in 1978. He majored in jazz studies at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut...
- drums; Simmons electronic drumsSimmons (electronic drum company)Simmons was a pioneering British manufacturer of electronic drums that supplied electronic kits from 1980 to 1994. The drums' distinctive, electronic sound can be found on countless albums from the 1980s....
on 'City Gate', 'Rumble', 'Side Walk', 'Elektric City', 'No Zone' & 'India Town'; LinnDrumLinnDrumThe LinnDrum is a drum machine manufactured by Linn Electronics. It was released in 1982 as a successor to the Linn LM-1. The LinnDrum has 15 drum sounds sampled from real drums, a sequencer for programming rhythm patterns and five trigger inputs....
drum machine on 'City Gate', 'Side Walk', 'No Zone', 'King Cockroach', 'India Town' & 'Silver Temple'; percussion on 'Rumble' - Scott HendersonScott HendersonScott Henderson is a fusion and blues guitarist best known for his work with the band Tribal Tech.-Early days:Born in West Palm Beach, Florida, Henderson began playing guitar at an early age...
- electric guitar on 'City Gate', 'King Cockroach' & 'Silver Temple' - Carlos Rios - electric guitar on 'Side Walk', 'Cool Weasel Boogie' & 'Elektric City'